An edition of Wandering peoples (1997)

Wandering Peoples

Colonialism, Ethnic Spaces, and Ecological Frontiers in Northwestern Mexico, 1700-1850 (Latin America Otherwise) (Latin America Otherwise)

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An edition of Wandering peoples (1997)

Wandering Peoples

Colonialism, Ethnic Spaces, and Ecological Frontiers in Northwestern Mexico, 1700-1850 (Latin America Otherwise) (Latin America Otherwise)

Wandering Peoples is a chronicle of cultural resiliency, colonial relations, and trespassed frontiers in the borderlands of a changing Spanish empire. Focusing on the native subjects of Sonora in Northwestern Mexico, Cynthia Radding explores the social process of peasant class formation and the cultural persistence of Indian communities during the long transitional period between Spanish colonialism and Mexican national rule.

Throughout this anthropological history, Radding presents multilayered meanings of culture, community, and ecology, and discusses both the colonial policies to which peasant communities were subjected and the responses they developed to adapt and resist them.

Radding describes this colonial mission not merely as an instance of Iberian expansion but as a site of cultural and political confrontation. This alternative vision of colonialism emphasizes the economic links between mission communities and Spanish mercantilist policies, the biological consequences of the Spanish policy of forced congregacion, and the cultural and ecological displacements set in motion by the practices of discipline and surveillance established by the religious orders.

Addressing wider issues pertaining to ethnic identities and to ecological and cultural borders, Radding's analysis also underscores the parallel production of colonial and subaltern texts during the course of a 150-year struggle for power and survival.

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Language
English
Pages
432

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First Sentence

"The peoples whose history concerns us occupied an area of approximately 225,000 square miles located between 27 and 34 latitude and 108 and 115 longitude in the north-central portion of Sonora (Mexico) and southern Arizona (U.S.A.)."

Classifications

Library of Congress
GN560.M6 R33 1997, GN560.M6R33 1997

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
432
Dimensions
9.3 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
Weight
1.5 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9502858M
ISBN 10
0822318997
ISBN 13
9780822318996
LCCN
96035147
OCLC/WorldCat
35397752
Library Thing
2413624
Wikidata
Q57234694
Goodreads
2139246

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